exchange student

American  

noun

1. a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries.

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Example Sentences

Police in the US searching for a missing Chinese exchange student, initially feared kidnapped, have said he could in fact be camping.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023

Keyu Jin was a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Beijing when she transferred as an exchange student to New York.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2023

A budding romance was placed on hold while Virginia spent a semester as an exchange student in Wisconsin.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Mr. Fouser himself spent a year in Japan as a high school exchange student.

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2023

His name is Ongah, and he is an exchange student from Kenya who is writing a dissertation at N.Y.U. on the French symbolists of the 19th cent.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole